2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 3–6 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 19th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2017.

2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 3–6, 2017
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field	76 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$9,750,000 €8,278,143
Winner's share	$1,660,000 €1,409,407
Champion
Hideki Matsuyama
264 (−16)

Akron 

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament.[1][2]

Venue

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[3]

Hole	Yards	Par		Hole	Yards	Par
1	399	4		10	410	4
2	526	5		11	418	4
3	442	4		12	180	3
4	471	4		13	471	4
5	200	3		14	467	4
6	469	4		15	221	3
7	219	3		16	667	5
8	482	4		17	400	4
9	494	4		18	464	4
Out	3,702	35		In	3,698	35
Source:[4]		Total			7,400	70

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[5]

1. Playing members of the 2016 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2,3,4), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Sergio García (2,3,4), J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson, Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ryan Moore (2,3), Thomas Pieters (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Andy Sullivan, Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Lee Westwood, Danny Willett (2,3), Chris Wood

• Martin Kaymer did not play due to a shoulder injury.
• Brandt Snedeker (2,3) did not play due to a rib injury.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 24, 2017.

Daniel Berger (3,4), Wesley Bryan (3,4), Paul Casey (3), Kevin Chappell (3,4), Jason Day (3), Jason Dufner (3,4), Ross Fisher (3), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Branden Grace (3), Emiliano Grillo (3), Bill Haas (3), Brian Harman (3,4), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Charley Hoffman (3), Billy Horschel (3,4), Kim Si-woo (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Russell Knox (3,4), Marc Leishman (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Pat Perez (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Hideto Tanihara, Justin Thomas (3,4), Bubba Watson (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3), Gary Woodland (3)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 31, 2017.

Jhonattan Vegas (4)

4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.[6]

Sam Brazel, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Hadwin, Russell Henley, Mackenzie Hughes, Thongchai Jaidee, Thorbjørn Olesen, Rod Pampling, Renato Paratore, Andrés Romero, Xander Schauffele, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford, Wang Jeung-hun, Fabrizio Zanotti

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours

• Asian Tour: 2016 Order of Merit winner – Scott Hend
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2016) – Harold Varner III
• Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2016) – Satoshi Kodaira
• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Shaun Norris
• Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Paul Lawrie

Nationalities in the field

North America (33)	South America (4)	Europe (23)	Oceania (6)	Asia (6)	Africa (4)
Canada (2)	Argentina (2)	England (10)	Australia (6)	Japan (3)	South Africa (4)
United States (31)	Paraguay (1)	Northern Ireland (1)		South Korea (2)
	Venezuela (1)	Scotland (2)		Thailand (1)
		Austria (1)
		Belgium (1)
		Denmark (1)
		Italy (2)
		Spain (3)
		Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	2014	67	69	68	69	273	−7	T5
Adam Scott	Australia	2011	68	71	69	68	276	−4	T13
Dustin Johnson	United States	2016	68	75	68	66	277	−3	T17

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Thomas Pieters	Belgium	65	−5
2	Russell Knox	Scotland	66	−4
T3	Ross Fisher	England	67	−3
	Kevin Kisner	United States
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland
	Jon Rahm	Spain
	Jordan Spieth	United States
	Bubba Watson	United States
T9	Adam Hadwin	Canada	68	−2
	Charley Hoffman	United States
	Dustin Johnson	United States
	Andrés Romero	Argentina
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Jimmy Walker	United States

Second round

Friday, August 4, 2017

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jimmy Walker	United States	68-65=133	−7
2	Thomas Pieters	Belgium	65-70=135	−5
T3	Zach Johnson	United States	69-67=136	−4
	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	69-67=136
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	67-69=136
T6	Jason Day	Australia	71-66=137	−3
	Adam Hadwin	Canada	68-69=137
	Charley Hoffman	United States	68-69=137
	Russell Knox	Scotland	66-71=137
	Alex Norén	Sweden	69-68=137
	Jordan Spieth	United States	67-70=137

Third round

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Zach Johnson	United States	69-67-65=201	−9
	Thomas Pieters	Belgium	65-70-66=201
3	Scott Hend	Australia	70-69-63=202	−8
4	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	69-67-67=203	−7
T5	Charley Hoffman	United States	68-69-67=204	−6
	Adam Hadwin	Canada	68-69-67=204
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	67-69-68=204
8	Russell Knox	Scotland	66-71-68=205	−5
9	Paul Casey	England	70-69-67=206	−4
T10	Daniel Berger	United States	71-68-68=207	−3
	Kevin Chappell	United States	72-67-68=207
	Jason Day	Australia	71-66-70=207
	Brooks Koepka	United States	71-68-68=207
	Bubba Watson	United States	67-74-66=207
	Jimmy Walker	United States	68-65-74=207

Final round

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hideki Matsuyama	Japan	69-67-67-61=264	−16	1,660,000
2	Zach Johnson	United States	69-67-65-68=269	−11	1,045,000
3	Charley Hoffman	United States	68-69-67-66=270	−10	572,000
4	Thomas Pieters	Belgium	65-70-66-71=272	−8	422,000
T5	Paul Casey	England	70-69-67-67=273	−7	268,500
	Adam Hadwin	Canada	68-69-67-69=273
	Russell Knox	Scotland	66-71-68-68=273
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	67-69-68-69=273
9	Rickie Fowler	United States	70-71-67-66=274	−6	186,000
T10	Scott Hend	Australia	70-69-63-73=275	−5	154,667
	Thorbjørn Olesen	Denmark	73-70-67-65=275
	Hudson Swafford	United States	70-69-70-66=275

Source:[7]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4
Matsuyama	−7	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−15	−16
Johnson	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
Hoffman	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Pieters	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Hend	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:[7]

References

1. Crouse, Karen (August 6, 2017). "Hideki Matsuyama Ties a Course Record to Win the Bridgestone Invitational". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
2. Harig, Bob (August 6, 2017). "Win raises Matsuyama's profile ahead of PGA Championship". ESPN. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
3. "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
4. "WGC Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour. (course). 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. "Field: Qualified Players for 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
6. The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
7. "Leaderboard: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 6, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on European Tour's official site
• Firestone Country Club site